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"Um." Dick said as the visiting aliens he'd helped save dragged an enchained Slade into the room and threw him at Dick's feet. What? How? Why?!
"From the rumors that we have heard, this man is a great opponent of yours." The alien monarch said as it blinked several of it's eyes in dizzying rotations. "Ksleksl was lucky enough to sneak up on him and administer our venom before he was able to retaliate." It was really good that these aliens were going to be leaving Earth soon, Dick thought a little hysterically. For them. (And Dick. He really didn't want to have to spend the rest of however long keeping them safe from Deathstroke's response to this.) "It should keep him pliant for several more Earth hours, so you can do whatever you wish to him. Though if you do not wish to dirty your hands you could just let our venom do it's work."
"And what- What does your venom do, exactly?" Dick asked, more than a bit alarmed.
"Curiously, we've found that it acts as a sort of aphrodisiac for humans. It gets them rather excited, you could say. Should he not find release within a warm body in time, his heart will explode in his chest." The alien finished calmly while Dick stared at it in disbelief.
"Is there a cure?" Dick managed through a choked voice.
"Not that we've tried to find?" The alien seemed confused. "Though administering more venom should speed the process up if you wish."
"NO!" Dick said before clearing his throat at the way the alien monarch stepped back and his guards stepped forward at his raised tone. "No, thank you. I'm sure I'll be really, really happy with my gift just as it is." He said in a calmer volume, glad when it seemed to sooth the alien's nerves.
He bent down and encouraged Slade to put an arm around his shoulders as he tried to ignore the way that Slade's eye was glaring at him, dazed but furious. Luckily, Slade was able to stand with Dick's help, even if he was a little unsteady.
"Uh, I'll be taking my gift back home now. Thank you all so, so much!" Dick said with forced enthusiasm, and hustled his way out of the room as quickly as he could while dragging along several hundred pounds of well muscled, pissed off mercenary.
"I'm going to be taking this out on your ass, kid." Slade growled darkly against the side of Dick's face.
"Yeah, I figured." Dick said with a sigh, and just focused on getting them both to a bed so Slade could.